Preface
Introduction
A Refractory and Turbulent Spirit: Origins of Mississippi Law
Prescribed Spheres: The Legal Path of Slavery in Mississippi
Flush Times, Hard Times: Law, Jacksonism, and a Cotton Economy
Legal Legacies of War and Reconstruction
Thresholds of Change: Mississippi Law in the Progressive and New Deal
Moving Past the Crossroads: Law and Mississippi's Modern Age
Notes
Table of Mississippi Cases
Selected Bibliography
Index.